The Turning Point
This story is inspired from a real incident of a boy named ‘Mohit’.The story is continued in his words. June 2012,It was my 3rd day in 12th std.I sat on the first bench.A professor entered and started with maths.Everyone was copying the formula from the blackboard except a boy who was sitting just next to me.He was not writing anything.“Why are you not taking down formula?” I asked.He replied,”I’m partially blind,I can’t see neither on the board nor in your notebook.” I left conversation & got busy in copying. In recess,I started a conversation with him by asking,”How do you go home.” He : My dad comes to pick me as and when needed. I: It means,you don’t go outside alone in evening? He: I go,I hold my mom’s finger when I go in the evening. I: You’re very lucky! He surprisingly asked,”How?” I replied with moist voice,”I forgot the pronunciation of ‘Mom’.I lost my mom in 2007.She died in LPG cylinder blast.I was in school that time.When I returned to the home,I got to see ...